Tag Archives: nature

Pinnacles ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Grand

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

Crater Lake National Park is almost in my back yard; a mere 250 miles South.  Last summer my sister took me around the entire perimeter and then down to the canyon floor to see the pinnacles.  Maybe not Grand, as … Continue reading →

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Ice – My Pond Freezeth Over

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

As the world experiences severe weather, we in the Pacific Northwest have had a dose of record setting cold temperatures.  Yesterday it was -9 degrees C, and this morning it was -10 C.  The days are bright and sunny, though … Continue reading →

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Startle ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Unexpected

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq
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Arbutus Skin ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Layers

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

Arbutus menziesii, often referred to as Madrone or Madrona, is an evergreen tree that grows up and down the Pacific coast from British Columbia to California.  I see them most often when I visit Orcas Island, one of the San … Continue reading →

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Fungi ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Eerie

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

Living in the Pacific Northwest where the weather often is damp and cool, and the ground strewn with evergreen and deciduous tree duff, fungi of all sorts pop up and flourish year round.  The bigger they are, the more otherworldly … Continue reading →

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Same Horizon ~ many years and seasons ~ Weekly Photo Chalenge

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

The view from Cabin 1 Beach Haven, Orcas Island, WA towards Waldron Island (foreground) and Saturna Island (behind Waldron).

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Warmth ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Good Morning

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

Mornings are cold now and a fire in the wood stove takes the nip and dampness out of the air.  Coffee fuels me as I finish a drawing that will be one of the illustrations in my short story Studebaker.

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PINK Hydrangea ~ Weekly Photo Challenge (Saturate)

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq
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Repurposed Poems ~ Hope Wish Belief Want

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

Hope forever flutters like a baby bird featherless – naked will it fly on fledgling wings or fall, a soft sack of tiny broken bones – bereft. Wish is hope suspended a floating feather drifting ever closer then sailing away … Continue reading →

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Crow’s View ~ Weekly Photo Challenge (Perspective)

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

A favorite perspective of mine is to look up and see what’s going on in the world above me.  Glimpsing patches of sky and light filtering through branches of big trees is always a pleasure.  Today I was delighted when … Continue reading →

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